Tickets Now On Sale for First Annual PNWCA Three-Day Cider Festival!

by caitlinbraamcreative on May 27, 2014

I’m honored to be on the planning committee for the first annual Pacific Northwest Cider Awards! We’ve been working hard on both the competition and festival side of things for months. I can’t believe that it’s now just 10 days away and can hardly wait. More than 25 ciders on tap in one great place sounds like heaven to me. Tickets are now on sale and are going fast, so get yours today!

Save the date and get your tickets now for the first annual Pacific Northwest Cider Awards & Festival (PNWCA)! Just three weeks away, cider lovers can secure their spot at the three-day cider festival beginning today through Brown Paper Tickets (http://pnwca.brownpapertickets.com/). Taking place Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8 at The Woods tasting room in SoDo, tickets can be purchased for each day of the festival for $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Admission includes a 13-ounce PNWCA tulip glass and 8 tasting tokens, each good for a 5-ounce pour – or a 10-ounce pour for two tokens – of any of the 25+ Northwest ciders on tap. Presented by Seattle Cider Company, sponsored by Capitol Cider, Uber and the Washington Beer Blog, craft enthusiasts won’t want to miss out this first-of-its-kind festival celebrating PNWCA competition winners and the Pacific Northwest’s growing cider industry with three days of amazing cider, food trucks, music and more.

“This is our chance to celebrate the truly amazing ciders being produced in the Northwest,” Joel VandenBrink, founder of Seattle Cider Company and committee member for the PNWCA. “Unlike many of the cider competitions and festivals, PNWCA is focused solely on those cideries located in Washington, Oregon, Montana and British Columbia. With 27 cideries submitting 103 ciders for the competition, mixed with the awesome list of ciders featured on tap for the festival, it’s a true showing of the strength and growth this industry is seeing.”

Ciders scheduled to be on tap throughout the festival weekend include:

2 Towns Ciderhouse – The Bad Apple

Alpenfire Cider – Oaked

Bull Run Cider – Bramble Berry

Blue Mountain Cider – Oregonian

D’s Wicked Cider – Baked Apple

Finnriver Cidery – Honey

Finnriver Cidery – Honey Meadow Botanical

Grizzly Ciderworks – Hop Claw

Liberty Ciderworks – New World

Methow Valley Ciderhouse – Honey Bear

Niegel Vintners – Formula 37

Portland Cider Co. – Hop’Rageous

Portland Cider Co. – Pearfect Perry

Red Tank Cider – Happy

Red Tank Cider – CHOPS

Schilling Cider Company – Ginger

Seattle Cider Company – Semi Sweet

Seattle Cider Company – Dry

Seattle Cider Company – Gin Botanical

Seattle Cider Company – Three Pepper

Seattle Cider Company – PNW Berry

Snowdrift Cider Co. – Nebula Red

Tieton Cider Works – TBD

Wandering Aengus Ciderworks – Blind Tiger

Wandering Aegnus Ciderworks – Wickson

Whiskey Barrel Cider – Dam Hard Cider

The Woods – the tasting room for Seattle Cider Company, located at 4700 Ohio S in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood – will be open for the PNWCA Cider Festival on Friday from 3-10pm, Saturday from 1-10pm and Sunday from 1-6pm for the event. Food will be available for purchase from popular gluten-free food truck Contigo on Friday and Saturday, as well as Where Ya at Matt on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door ($35), but space for the event is limited and is expected to sell out, so those interested in attending are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance ($30). Additional tokens will be available for purchase at the event. As part of the festival, each ticket purchased will be accompanied by a voting slip. The cider with the most votes at the end of the festival will be awarded the People Choice Award, to be announced Monday, June 9. Please note this is a 21+ event.

About PNWCA
Pacific Northwest Cider Awards (PNWCA)is comprised of a one-day private judging, followed by a three-day festival to be held at The Woods tasting room in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. With more than 25 cideries participating and 25 ciders on tap, the PNWCA and its corresponding events were created with the intention of raising awareness for the amazing ciders being produced throughout Washington, Oregon, Montana and Canada. Through the PNWCA, we hope to continue to raise awareness for the unique and spectacular ciders being produced while helping to make them more accessible to the public. Cider lovers and producers are encouraged to learn more by visiting PNWCA.com, or following PNWCA on Facebook and Twitter. Purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets today.

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